Top California school leaders said they soon will sue the state over chronically underfunded schools, reports the San Jose Mercury News -- a move that in other states…
A case that will be argued before the Wisconsin Supreme Court in November could set a precedent that affects the way educators and other public employees use their…
Online bookseller Amazon.com Inc. is warning a federal judge that internet search leader Google Inc. will be able to gouge consumers and stifle competition if it wins court…
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a federal civil-rights lawsuit on behalf of a middle-school boy who was expelled from school after what the group calls…
A Connecticut school administrator who police say tried to taint the reputation of a colleague by sending inflammatory eMail messages in his name faces criminal charges, reports the…
A federal judge ruled Aug. 18 that a computerized background-check system made by Raptor Technologies does not violate the constitutional rights of parents and other school visitors who…
The fight against a legal settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of copyrighted books is starting to resemble a heavyweight brawl in the…
Parts of a new privacy lawsuit filed against Facebook earlier this week represent a lack of understanding of how social networks such as Facebook work, as well as…
A University of Louisville nursing student expelled over blog posts about an assignment to follow a woman the day she gave birth has won the right to return…
In a case that could set a precedent for whether school officials can legally peek into students' private social-networking accounts without justifiable cause, a high school cheerleader is…
A high school cheerleader claims a coach forced her to give up her Facebook account login information, only to see her account's contents shared widely with school officials,…
A federal appeals court ruling this week voided part of a Blackboard Inc. patent that competitor Desire2Learn was accused of violating, and technology experts say the end of…
A Boston University graduate student was "a kid who did what kids do" when he swapped songs through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, his lawyer said July 28 as…
Some legal experts say groups advocating on behalf of blind students have a strong case with their lawsuit against Arizona State University (ASU). The suit claims using the…
A federal judge's recent decision to dismiss charges against Lori Drew in the "MySpace suicide" case is already fueling an attempt to enact a new federal cyber-bullying law,…
A federal judge on July 2 tentatively threw out the convictions of a Missouri mother for her role in a MySpace hoax directed at a 13-year-old neighbor girl…
A blind Boston-area teenager was sentenced to more than 11 years in prison June 26 for hacking into the telephone network and harassing the Verizon investigator who was…
In a decision that could help disabled students obtain needed services yet cost public school districts millions of dollars, the Supreme Court ruled on June 22 that parents…